JEAN-PIERRE JOHN GOETZ b. Basel Switzerland
US AMERICAN CANADIAN
THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF ART Toronto Canada 1976-1980
SHERIDAN COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN/TRAFALGAR RESIDENCE Oakville- Ontario Canada 1975
2024
TORRENCE ART MUSEUM RISKY BUSINESS- Group Exhibit - curated by Max Presneill Torrance CA.
PAUL KUHN GALLERY RIGHTS OF SPRING - solo exhibition - Calgary Alberta Canada
TRYST/NOMAD II Del Amo Crossing group exhibition show-Torrance CA.
2023
TWFINEART STREAMS OF CONSCIOUS new paintings with Saxon Quinn and Micheal Black- Brisbane Australia
NOMAD 1 -Del Amo Crossing group show Torrance CA.
ROGUE GALLERY - DETROIT GROUP GALLERY SHOW .
Ferndale Michigan
2022
QDOS FINE ART GALLERY -VERSED & AGGREAT -curated by Veronica O'Hair Lorne Melbourne Australia
2021
THE STUDIO CLOSURES
2020
DURDEN&RAY THE VISTA Abstract Painting Group show. Paintings and Sculpture
Downtown Los Angeles CA.
2019
Paul Kuhn Gallery SUMMER EXHIBITION . 2019 Group Exhibition-Calgary Alberta Canada
Lee Contemporary GREAT NORTH -Group Exhibition- Toronto Ontario Canada
2018
Arena One Gallery Santa Monica Airport ACROSS TWO SEAS. Curated by Luigia Martelloni - Group Exhibition.
Santa Monica CA.
2017
Hanger Gallery North SANTA MONICA AIRPORT . ART HERE / Los Angeles Contemporary Fair ( ALAC )
Santa Monica CA.
2016
Studio 18 LA PLURAL VIEWS from West Hollywood. Group Exhibition Los Angeles CA
Hanger Gallery North SANTA MONICA AIRPORT Happenstance and Meadows / Group Exhibition
Santa Monica CA
2015
UMB Americas ABSTRACT AT UMB Painters Group Exhibition Curated by Janet Bothne
Santa Monica CA
2014
Yard and Weft HANDS and EYES South Wooster St - Group Exhibition
Los Angeles
WINSOR GALLERY . COASTAL TIDES GALLERY ARTISTS - group exhibit.
Vancouver BRITISH COLUMBIA Canada
2013
Frank Gehry Edgemar Complex on MAIN - Annex Group Exhibition.
Santa Monica CA
Santa Monica Art Studios Annual Art Openings & Selected Exhibit Spaces-
Santa Monica CA
Art O Rama NEW ABSTRACTS Group Exhibition
Huntington Beach CA
2012
Hanger Gallery THE NORTH WALL Paintings Sculptures .
Santa Monica CA
2010
Art O Rama IN HOUSE Abstract Represented Group Exhibition / Huntington Beach CA
5th and Sunset GALLERY SPACE . NEW Paintings from JOHN GOETZ in the Client Lounge and Commercial Studios
Los Angeles
2009
North Hanger Gallery. ABSTRACT NOW Annual in house group artists / Group Exhibition.
Santa Monica CA
ARTAMOGALLERY . BUEATY &MYTH -new paints /solo exhibit John Goetz
Santa Barbara CA
2008
ARTAMO GALLERY ABSTRACT IN SANTA BARBARA - GALLRY ARISTS . Contemporary Group Exhibition-
Santa Barbara CA
2007
Quixote Studios THE VIEWERS LOUNGE - Exhibitions of NEW PAINTINGS by John Goetz
Los Angeles CA
ART O'RAMA SMALL GRACES Painting and Prints - curated Patrica Stayrook
Los Angeles CA
2006
Artamo Gallery ELEMENT&MYTH New Painting Solo Exhibition
Santa Barbara CA
SKG ART on ABBOTT Gallery Group Exhibition Abbott Kinney
Los Angeles CA
2005
Winsor Gallery . INTER CURRENT a exhibit of contemporary paintings from JOHN GOETZ
Vancouver Canada
Don O Melveny Gallery . VESSELS - New Paintings by John Goetz Solo Exhibition
Los Angeles CA.
Schmidler/Goetz Gallery HELNWIEN with Gottfried Helnwien in house exhibition.
Los Angeles CA
2004
Don O Melveny DISCLOSURES - New Painting by JOHN GOETZ Solo Exhibition
Los Angeles CA
2003
WARD-NASSE . NEW PAINTING IN SOHO Contemporary Painter's Gallery Group Exhibition with Robert Goodnough
New York NY
DON O'MELVENY METROPOLIS Solo Exhibition with John Goetz
Hollywood Los Angeles CA
2002
5th&SUNSET STUDIO CITY ART A Group Exhibition curated by Boe Hess
New York NY
CROSBY SPACE on CROSBY STREET A Group Exhibition with Angelika Schubert /John Grande / Matt Rubel
New York NY
2001
DON O'MELVENY AVAILABLE LIGHT Solo Exhibition
Los Angeles CA
STARK-KIBICHI Gallery Group Show . HERE NOW Abbott Kinney
Venice CA
2000
5th&SUNSET. CONTEMPLATING CONTEMPOARY A Solo Exhibition
Los Angeles CA
US AMERICAN CANADIAN
THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF ART Toronto Canada 1976-1980
SHERIDAN COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN/TRAFALGAR RESIDENCE Oakville- Ontario Canada 1975
2024
TORRENCE ART MUSEUM RISKY BUSINESS- Group Exhibit - curated by Max Presneill Torrance CA.
PAUL KUHN GALLERY RIGHTS OF SPRING - solo exhibition - Calgary Alberta Canada
TRYST/NOMAD II Del Amo Crossing group exhibition show-Torrance CA.
2023
TWFINEART STREAMS OF CONSCIOUS new paintings with Saxon Quinn and Micheal Black- Brisbane Australia
NOMAD 1 -Del Amo Crossing group show Torrance CA.
ROGUE GALLERY - DETROIT GROUP GALLERY SHOW .
Ferndale Michigan
2022
QDOS FINE ART GALLERY -VERSED & AGGREAT -curated by Veronica O'Hair Lorne Melbourne Australia
2021
THE STUDIO CLOSURES
2020
DURDEN&RAY THE VISTA Abstract Painting Group show. Paintings and Sculpture
Downtown Los Angeles CA.
2019
Paul Kuhn Gallery SUMMER EXHIBITION . 2019 Group Exhibition-Calgary Alberta Canada
Lee Contemporary GREAT NORTH -Group Exhibition- Toronto Ontario Canada
2018
Arena One Gallery Santa Monica Airport ACROSS TWO SEAS. Curated by Luigia Martelloni - Group Exhibition.
Santa Monica CA.
2017
Hanger Gallery North SANTA MONICA AIRPORT . ART HERE / Los Angeles Contemporary Fair ( ALAC )
Santa Monica CA.
2016
Studio 18 LA PLURAL VIEWS from West Hollywood. Group Exhibition Los Angeles CA
Hanger Gallery North SANTA MONICA AIRPORT Happenstance and Meadows / Group Exhibition
Santa Monica CA
2015
UMB Americas ABSTRACT AT UMB Painters Group Exhibition Curated by Janet Bothne
Santa Monica CA
2014
Yard and Weft HANDS and EYES South Wooster St - Group Exhibition
Los Angeles
WINSOR GALLERY . COASTAL TIDES GALLERY ARTISTS - group exhibit.
Vancouver BRITISH COLUMBIA Canada
2013
Frank Gehry Edgemar Complex on MAIN - Annex Group Exhibition.
Santa Monica CA
Santa Monica Art Studios Annual Art Openings & Selected Exhibit Spaces-
Santa Monica CA
Art O Rama NEW ABSTRACTS Group Exhibition
Huntington Beach CA
2012
Hanger Gallery THE NORTH WALL Paintings Sculptures .
Santa Monica CA
2010
Art O Rama IN HOUSE Abstract Represented Group Exhibition / Huntington Beach CA
5th and Sunset GALLERY SPACE . NEW Paintings from JOHN GOETZ in the Client Lounge and Commercial Studios
Los Angeles
2009
North Hanger Gallery. ABSTRACT NOW Annual in house group artists / Group Exhibition.
Santa Monica CA
ARTAMOGALLERY . BUEATY &MYTH -new paints /solo exhibit John Goetz
Santa Barbara CA
2008
ARTAMO GALLERY ABSTRACT IN SANTA BARBARA - GALLRY ARISTS . Contemporary Group Exhibition-
Santa Barbara CA
2007
Quixote Studios THE VIEWERS LOUNGE - Exhibitions of NEW PAINTINGS by John Goetz
Los Angeles CA
ART O'RAMA SMALL GRACES Painting and Prints - curated Patrica Stayrook
Los Angeles CA
2006
Artamo Gallery ELEMENT&MYTH New Painting Solo Exhibition
Santa Barbara CA
SKG ART on ABBOTT Gallery Group Exhibition Abbott Kinney
Los Angeles CA
2005
Winsor Gallery . INTER CURRENT a exhibit of contemporary paintings from JOHN GOETZ
Vancouver Canada
Don O Melveny Gallery . VESSELS - New Paintings by John Goetz Solo Exhibition
Los Angeles CA.
Schmidler/Goetz Gallery HELNWIEN with Gottfried Helnwien in house exhibition.
Los Angeles CA
2004
Don O Melveny DISCLOSURES - New Painting by JOHN GOETZ Solo Exhibition
Los Angeles CA
2003
WARD-NASSE . NEW PAINTING IN SOHO Contemporary Painter's Gallery Group Exhibition with Robert Goodnough
New York NY
DON O'MELVENY METROPOLIS Solo Exhibition with John Goetz
Hollywood Los Angeles CA
2002
5th&SUNSET STUDIO CITY ART A Group Exhibition curated by Boe Hess
New York NY
CROSBY SPACE on CROSBY STREET A Group Exhibition with Angelika Schubert /John Grande / Matt Rubel
New York NY
2001
DON O'MELVENY AVAILABLE LIGHT Solo Exhibition
Los Angeles CA
STARK-KIBICHI Gallery Group Show . HERE NOW Abbott Kinney
Venice CA
2000
5th&SUNSET. CONTEMPLATING CONTEMPOARY A Solo Exhibition
Los Angeles CA
John Goetz, “Aphrodite,"
2003, encaustic/oil/acrylic
on canvas, 72”x 60”.
JOHN GOETZ May 31 - July 1/June 7 - July 9, 2003 at Don O'Melveny Gallery, West Hollywood
by Judith Christensen
John Goetz’ images are full of movement--bending, walking, running, kicking, spinning, strutting, whirling, dancing. His figures are abstracted, composed of streaks of color and gestural lines. Two-by-two or by three they parade across the canvas. The mottled chromatic background is a rich blend of bold color, marks and scratches on a thick surface made up of oil, acrylic and encaustic.
Occasionally, as in Europa, the figures are distinct enough to identify. Two females wearing bathing suits or leotards may be strolling along the beach or leaving a workout. When the figures are thus defined, we tend to focus on the who, what, where and why of the figure, rather than the emotive content of the forms.
Goetz’ more successful images suggest, rather than portray the figure. In Red DeVille, three mostly-black forms stand out against a mostly-red background. A smear of color represents the torso. A few marks and scratches imply the movement of an arm or a leg. A pale yellow glow encircles each form, activating it, pumping it full of energy. These are highly-charged colors: the powerful black figure is blasting through the passionate red space. At this level, the image reflects human emotions in a raw, primal state. But there is softness here, too. The red leans toward the yellow side of the spectrum, with pale yellow showing through the mottled background. This adds a sense of quiet joy to the exuberance.
Goetz seems to favor warm colors, but there are exceptions. He infuses the background in Iceland with a cool blue. The two figures, although they are given their share of red and black, are mostly white or pale pink. The question of whether the figures are advancing towards us or have their back to us is as unclear in the other paintings as it is in Iceland. Yet, because of the cool palette, it appears that the two figures here are becoming more distant from us and from each other as well. Despite the activity they pursue in tandem, despite their parallel motion, there is a powerful sense of isolation and of spacial mystery.
Metropolitan, with its black background, is the darkest image. Again, the figures appear to be receding from us, moving into a background that is darker, denser, deeper, more unknown and frightening than the space in which they are now, with its blotches of gray. Perhaps that is why they hover together. While most of Goetz’ figures maintain a distance from each other, these three, in Metropolitan, overlap one another close enough to touch--as if each one instinctively grasps the primordial truth of strength in numbers, as if each one needs the reassurance of being with the others.
Alone or together, stripped of all clothes and exterior accoutrements, Goetz’ dynamic figures evoke an emotional response. Whether the frenetic energy flows from them untethered, or whether Goetz blends together a range of emotions, the result is that in this group of images he portrays a complex picture of the human psyche.
by Judith Christensen
John Goetz’ images are full of movement--bending, walking, running, kicking, spinning, strutting, whirling, dancing. His figures are abstracted, composed of streaks of color and gestural lines. Two-by-two or by three they parade across the canvas. The mottled chromatic background is a rich blend of bold color, marks and scratches on a thick surface made up of oil, acrylic and encaustic.
Occasionally, as in Europa, the figures are distinct enough to identify. Two females wearing bathing suits or leotards may be strolling along the beach or leaving a workout. When the figures are thus defined, we tend to focus on the who, what, where and why of the figure, rather than the emotive content of the forms.
Goetz’ more successful images suggest, rather than portray the figure. In Red DeVille, three mostly-black forms stand out against a mostly-red background. A smear of color represents the torso. A few marks and scratches imply the movement of an arm or a leg. A pale yellow glow encircles each form, activating it, pumping it full of energy. These are highly-charged colors: the powerful black figure is blasting through the passionate red space. At this level, the image reflects human emotions in a raw, primal state. But there is softness here, too. The red leans toward the yellow side of the spectrum, with pale yellow showing through the mottled background. This adds a sense of quiet joy to the exuberance.
Goetz seems to favor warm colors, but there are exceptions. He infuses the background in Iceland with a cool blue. The two figures, although they are given their share of red and black, are mostly white or pale pink. The question of whether the figures are advancing towards us or have their back to us is as unclear in the other paintings as it is in Iceland. Yet, because of the cool palette, it appears that the two figures here are becoming more distant from us and from each other as well. Despite the activity they pursue in tandem, despite their parallel motion, there is a powerful sense of isolation and of spacial mystery.
Metropolitan, with its black background, is the darkest image. Again, the figures appear to be receding from us, moving into a background that is darker, denser, deeper, more unknown and frightening than the space in which they are now, with its blotches of gray. Perhaps that is why they hover together. While most of Goetz’ figures maintain a distance from each other, these three, in Metropolitan, overlap one another close enough to touch--as if each one instinctively grasps the primordial truth of strength in numbers, as if each one needs the reassurance of being with the others.
Alone or together, stripped of all clothes and exterior accoutrements, Goetz’ dynamic figures evoke an emotional response. Whether the frenetic energy flows from them untethered, or whether Goetz blends together a range of emotions, the result is that in this group of images he portrays a complex picture of the human psyche.
John Goetz,“Europa,"
2002, encaustic/alkyd/oil
on canvas, 72”x 60”.
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John Goetz, “Iceland,"
2002, encaustic/oil/alkyd
on canvas, 72”x 60”.
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John Goetz, "Metropolitan Nights,"
2002, encaustic/oil/alkyd
on canvas, 72 x 60"
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